The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum

The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum (HM15N)

Location: Baltimore, MD 21202
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 17.242', W 76° 36.191'

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The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a flag making shop.

In the summer of 1813, Commander Joshua Barney, General John Stricker and Major James Calhoun visited her shop and asked Mary to make a garrison flag for Fort McHenry. The flag was thirty feet hoist and forty-two feet fly, with fifteen stripes and fifteen stars. Each stripe was two feet wide and each star two feet from tip to tip. Mary was asked to complete the flag in just six weeks. assisted by her daughter, her three nieces and two African American-servants both free and slave. Mary cut pieced, and sewed the large flag. Her daughter Caroline later recalled that "my mother worked many nights until 12 o'clock to complete it in the given time."

The flag flew over Fort McHenry for a year before the British bombardment on September 13 and 14, 1814. The sight of the large garrison flag flying over Fort McHenry after the 25 hour bombardment inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem which became our National Anthem.

The flag Mary Pickersgill made is on display at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History in Washington, D. C.
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HM NumberHM15N
Series This marker is part of the Maryland: Baltimore City Historical Markers series, and the National Historic Landmarks series.
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Placed ByThe City of Baltimore, Baltimore City Heritage Area and Martin O'Malley, mayor
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 6:07pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 361737 N 4349891
Decimal Degrees39.28736667, -76.60318333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 17.242', W 76° 36.191'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 17' 14.52" N, 76° 36' 11.46" W
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Area Code(s)301, 410, 443
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 844-848 E Pratt St, Baltimore MD 21202, US
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